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　"Yes, I guarantee that we'll get to the bottom of this in the shortest possible time!" Although he was a little unhappy about not having Comrade C's help, what Aurora said made sense. He had to use the Soviet Union's public security/national security system by himself.

　On the second day after the Moscow terrorist attack, the city of Moscow issued a decree to suspend all large-scale entertainment and other activities and implement a curfew.

　Major states and cities across the country are also busy. Airports, railway stations, bus stations, as well as party and government agencies and public places have greatly strengthened security and inspection efforts.

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　Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Soviet Far East

　In the R&D headquarters of GKIOP, Eve has been following the Moscow terrorist attack. While Moscow is still busy with the case, Eve already has a rough idea of ​​who is behind the attack.

　Just like Aurora said just now, Eve did not intend to tell Moscow that she and Aurora

　Fleur's starting point is the same, they all want the Soviet Union's public security/national security system to grow, rather than turning it into a useless institution where people just drink tea and read newspapers.

　After letting go of the news about the Moscow air raid, Aurora continued to walk into the laboratory to conduct research and development of tactical humanoid related technologies.

　It has to be said that with Eve's personal involvement and the full efforts of a bunch of white-haired people, the current level of human technology in this area has been raised to a level that humans may not be able to achieve until ten years later.

　Aside from the difficulties in achieving quantum computer maturity, significant progress has been made in the robot's appearance, structure, simulation, flexibility, and energy source. Energy is the most significant breakthrough.

　Eve plans to use fuel cells to power her humanoids, as other forms of energy supply are simply not suitable for robots, such as traditional batteries, due to their low efficiency.

　Considering that the energy limit of common lithium batteries is about 300WH, 1.44 kWh of electricity requires at least 4-5 kg ​​of battery pack.

　如果再算上高性能AI、传感器等机电系统的能量消耗（假设按照目前高性能工作站正常工作约300瓦计算），那么4小时就需要2-3千瓦时的总电量，折算电池组就得超过9千克。

　In this way, one-sixth of the 60-kilogram humanoid's weight is distributed on the battery, and the robot's lithium battery is extremely flammable and must have certain fire and bulletproof treatments. As a result, the weight of the robot allocated to other aspects is not enough.

　Therefore, only fuel cells can be used for energy supply.

　Hydrogen fuel cells are Eve's current preferred choice. While hydrogen, as a clean energy source, carries safety concerns such as flammability, explosiveness, and hydrogen embrittlement, these hazards only arise under certain environmental conditions. By controlling the necessary conditions during use, the hazards of hydrogen can be avoided.

　Many people think that hydrogen is flammable and explosive, but the fact is that hydrogen is safer than gasoline.

　Dr. Swain of the University of Miami in the United States conducted a famous experiment in which two cars were fueled by hydrogen and gasoline respectively, and then subjected to a leak ignition test.

　Three seconds after ignition, the flame generated by high-pressure hydrogen sprays directly upwards, while gasoline catches fire from the bottom of the car.

　At 1 minute, only the leaked hydrogen was burning in the hydrogen-fueled car, and the car as a whole was still intact, while the entire gasoline car had already been engulfed in flames and turned into a huge fireball.

　Therefore, the volatile nature of hydrogen makes it safer than ordinary gasoline vehicles in the event of a fuel tank leak and ignition.

　Since the Sherman tanks that used to be powered by gasoline and the German tanks of World War II were both widely used, why can't hydrogen energy be used as long as some of the current bottleneck problems are solved?

　The biggest obstacle to the promotion of hydrogen energy is its storage cost - the cost of anti-hydrogen embrittlement materials.

　Hydrogen embrittlement occurs when high-pressure hydrogen dissolved in a metal reaches saturation locally, causing the metal's plasticity to decrease, inducing cracks and even splitting. Improper selection of materials in contact with hydrogen can lead to hydrogen leakage.

　Although there are special hydrogen storage bottles now, they are expensive due to the cost of materials.

　For example, Toyota's Mirai hydrogen storage tank has a three-layer structure: the innermost layer is a high-strength polymer, the middle layer is a blend of reinforced carbon fiber and high-strength polymer, and the outer layer is a blend of glass fiber and high-strength polymer. Each of these three layers is a blend of advanced technology, which naturally means it's expensive.

　Everything has two sides, but the question is whether the disadvantages outweigh the advantages or the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. Eve considered the long-term and believed that hydrogen-powered robots would definitely have more advantages than disadvantages, so she made this choice.

　However, the hydrogen energy combustion process will produce water, which means that in the future, tactical humanoids will need a drain. If a water container is built into the middle, the water can be discharged when appropriate, just like humans go to the toilet.

　In other words, in a sense, using hydrogen fuel cells would make the humanoid more human-like in this regard, thereby alleviating the uncanny valley and other alien sensations?

　There may be scenes like this in the future. When you are in a hurry to find a toilet, you open the door and find M16A1 sitting on the toilet draining the water. Then the next second, M16A1 yells "hooligan" and then punches you or something.

　Of course, similar scenes are a story for later.

　Eve was watching the humanoid being assembled on the platform before her. She planned to assemble a humanoid whenever there was a major breakthrough in all the underlying technologies, then see how it fared and consider gradually improving it to a more complete state.

　Instead of bringing all the pre-existing technologies to near-perfection before combining them into tactical humanoids, don't make the same mistake as Demiurge III—perfect weapons are overrated; a vast supply of usable weapons is king.

　Chapter 405: No News from Moscow (4)

　As the investigation into the Moscow terrorist attack unfolded rapidly, the task force also discovered some other "side events."

　Previously, Aurora asked Putin to rescue the two gangsters who were knocked unconscious by her in the concert hall to prevent them from being burned to death.

　However, the speed at which the fire spread was unexpected, making the rescue risk too great. The priority given to rescuing trapped civilians distracted the fire brigade, resulting in the two criminals being burned to death while unconscious.

　Later, when the fire department investigated the cause of the fire, it was discovered that the concert hall had violated relevant regulations during renovation, causing

　The use of a large amount of flammable decoration materials in decoration caused the fire to spread rapidly and was difficult to control.

　How did such a project pass the local fire inspection? It is truly incredible. As the investigation deepened, it was discovered that there was nepotism and illegal exchange of interests between the relevant regulatory authorities at the time and the venue construction party.

　Although this incident occurred during the Russian Federation period, the fire caused too many casualties and attracted high public attention. After confirming that the evidence was conclusive, the Moscow Public Security Bureau and the National Supervisory Commission arrested a group of people at the time and those indirectly related in accordance with the law. They will be severely punished by law.

　In the game's terms, it's like playing the main storyline and also finding a dungeon. Anyway, this is not a bad thing. The sooner cancer cells are discovered and eliminated, the better for all normal cells.

　With the Moscow terrorist attack case attracting such high attention, the relevant departments demonstrated unprecedented efficiency in handling the case, quickly identifying 11 suspects and arresting them one by one.

　In an interrogation room in Moscow, the interrogation of suspects in the Moscow terrorist attack continues.

　"Tell me! What is your mission in Moscow?!" Interrogator A yelled at the terrorist who was tied to the interrogation chair.

　In case the terrorists didn't understand, interrogator B even shouted again using English translation: "What was your mission in Moscow?!"

　Interrogator A said coldly, "If it weren't for the regulations strictly prohibiting torture-style interrogations, I would definitely use my fists and torture instruments to pry open the mouths of you beasts!"

　"If you don't want to be unable to sleep with the lights on 24 hours a day, if you don't want to be starved and given glucose, then just tell the truth." Interrogator B said with a red face.

　For the suspect, although he has not been severely tortured in the past few days, the mental torture using various appropriate means has made him exhausted and his face looks much more haggard.

　"I'll tell you... I'll tell you everything... Please give me some food..." The suspect finally chose to speak.

　"Okay." Interrogator B had a meal brought from the cafeteria and gave it to the suspect. Then he said to the suspect, "I'll ask someone to get you some food, but I expect you to answer all my questions, okay?"

　The suspect didn't answer, but nodded wearily.

　Interrogator A asked, "Where are you from?"

　“Tajikistan.”

　"When were you born?"

　"1998"

　"What did you do in the concert hall?"

　"Shoot...shoot"

　"Shooting what? At whom?"

　"civilian……"

　"Yo, you fucking knew they were civilians?! Why did you do that?"

　"For money..."

　"How much? What currency?"

　"50...Soviet rubles."

　"Five hundred thousand Soviet rubles? You agreed to something like this for such a small sum? Someone who didn't know would have thought I gave you fifty million! You're such a jerk!"

　"I……"

　"Who gave you the money?"

　"It's not finished yet, only half..."

　"I'm asking who gave you the money!"

　……

　In this way, under the continuous interrogation, one police officer was interrogating while another was taking notes, and the entire process was recorded for future reference.

　After a week of investigation, the investigation results of all parties were laid out on the meeting table of the task force.

　Putin was the first to report the situation: "The results of the investigation are in. Most of what the terrorists said was misleading. ISIS's claims were just to show its presence. It is now certain that the instigators behind this terrorist attack are related to remnants of the Tsarist royal family abroad."

　"What? Remnants of the Tsarist Russian royal family abroad?" Dzerzhinsky wondered if he'd misheard. "It's 2024, and they still have that in mind? And if they really wanted to do it, why didn't they just go after the Party and government leaders instead of massacring civilians?"

　"Who knows? I didn't believe it at first, but the irrefutable evidence was right in front of me and forced me to believe it." Putin had no good feelings towards these feudal remnants.

　He then added: "According to the Ukrainian authorities' investigation, this group is related to Wagner and the Russian Free Corps who escaped earlier. They are likely to have trained these terrorists and provided them with weapons."

　"It's not surprising. Why did all these people use AK-12s when committing crimes, and their methods were so professional..." After Putin said this, some of the doubts in Dzerzhinsky's mind were completely understood.

　"Then what should we do next? Wagner and the Free Corps are now in Poland. We can't just storm into Poland violently, right?" said a comrade from the public security system.

　Dzerzhinsky pondered for a moment and said, "We can take political revenge on them. Their actions will give us a reason to completely clean up the monarchists in the country. I have been annoyed with those monarchists for a long time.

　There was a wave of purges before, mainly targeting the royalists within the party and government organs. As for the Orthodox Church, due to some pressure from society and the people, there were purges but not many, and most of them were carried out in an anti-corruption way rather than a struggle for political lines.

　Last year's Party Congress emphasized the need to adapt religion to socialist society and to continuously promote the popularization of Orthodoxy, which we are doing. At the time, we were even afraid of stumbling if we moved too quickly, so we planned to take it slow.

　But now the situation has changed, and the religious forces

　The loyalists, who are inextricably linked to us, have already placed a knife on our necks! Carrying out a terrorist attack in Moscow is simply a show of disregard for us! We must strike back with a powerful blow!

　Since we can't touch them because they are abroad, let their 'good comrades' at home pay the price for today's terrorist attack! "

　Dzerzhinsky's words were definitely not the product of a momentary outburst of anger. Throughout Russian history, the Orthodox Church has long been a vassal of the Tsarist government, and naturally a concentration camp for various pro-monarchist forces. Its level of abstraction is unmatched by religious forces in China.

　At least in China, no religion in the 21st century can gather a team of thousands of people to parade through Beijing to mourn the last emperor Puyi.

　Sometimes in China, some so-called "Manchu loyalists" come out to attract attention, but they are only a few in number and can't make a big difference. They can't be compared with the scale of the Russian monarchists.

　Given the serious nature of the recent terrorist attacks and the fact that Russia's monarchists are indeed rather abstract, it is not surprising that Dzerzhinsky had such an understanding.

　"Comrade Dzerzhinsky, I understand your anger. But we can talk about religious matters another day. Today we are discussing the progress of the case..." Putin reminded in a gentle voice.

　Only then did Dzerzhinsky realize that he had strayed from the topic and made self-criticism.

　Later, Dzerzhinsky composed a report on the current religious situation, combining it with the facts of the case, and submitted it to the Politburo. Politburo members Aurora, Zyuganov, and others began discussing the matter.

　Previously, with the help of Comrade C, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union dealt with a large number of corrupt elements, speculators, and enemy agents in party and government organs with efficiency that was envied by its peers.

　Now, without the help of Comrade C, the Russian Communist Party needs to cleanse the monarchist forces within the Orthodox Church and society on its own. Dzerzhinsky is quite confident in cleaning out the monarchists in society, but she is not so good at dealing with the monarchists within the church.

　Moreover, as for the church, not only was a purge to be carried out, but the case was also used to promote reforms, including the reform and improvement of the church's management system, personnel selection and employment, and cultural construction. Since a lot of Orthodox content was involved, this aspect touched upon the knowledge blind spots of Dzerzhinsky and ordinary leading cadres.

　Therefore, we need an Orthodox person who supports socialism and the leadership of the Communist Party of Russia, has a good understanding of Orthodox theory, has a certain Marxist foundation, and has a certain charisma.

　In logic, the more connotation, the fewer extension. This means that the more screening conditions you have, the fewer objects that meet the screening conditions.

　Since Gorbachev's blind reforms, the Orthodox Church is no longer the church that once supported socialism. It is estimated that there are only a handful of members who meet this standard, and it is more likely that there are even zero.

　This worried the Politburo deeply. Looking at the list of recommended candidates, Zyuganov lamented, "As for the current candidates, they may be suitable for certain aspects of work, but none of them are suitable for the leadership of the church."

　Compared to Zyuganov, Aurora was less worried and said calmly, "As for the leadership core, I already have the most suitable candidate."

　Meanwhile, Odessa, Ukraine

　A wedding was being held at the Soviet Red Navy's Black Sea Fleet's garb. On the stage, a girl who looked like an elementary school student and was wearing Orthodox priestly vestments was blessing two pairs of newlywed sailors.

　After the Soviet Union's liberation, many military priests were dismissed and returned to civilian life. Only a very small number of them remained, and they were used at the weddings of religious soldiers, specifically to conduct some traditional wedding ceremonies at the weddings.

　While working temporarily in Odessa, Kiev happened to come across two pairs of religious sailors, a male and female sailor, getting married on the same day. The sailors wanted to see the "Beautiful Pope," so Kiev was naturally dragged over to participate in the ceremony.

　Kiev, wearing a sailor uniform (the illustration before the change), arrived at the wedding scene, changed his clothes with one click, and then began to proceed step by step.

　At first, some new recruits who had just joined the company found it incredible to see Kiev doing the Pope's job. Because in their eyes, Kiev's daily words and deeds did not seem like a believer, but more like a standard Red Army soldier.

　As a result, once he put on the ceremonial robes, he looked like a seasoned pope, performing the wedding ceremony for the two pairs of religious male and female sailors with a religious and steady demeanor.

　Rather than being a contrast, Kyiv is truly an example of treating religion as a completely personal matter. Religious words are only spoken under specific conditions, when others request them, and on appropriate occasions.

　(PS: You can check out the KanR encyclopedia and look at the voice text of Kiev Kai and her portrait, and you will understand.)

　When he was halfway through, Kiev suddenly received a message from Aurora, which said: "Comrade Kiev, you should be prepared these few days. There will be a surprise waiting for you in a while~"

　Chapter 406: The British Communist Party on the Eve of Taking Office

　A few days later, Kyiv received a call from the central government.

　The content of the call was brief and straightforward, but it still made Kiev jump. He made excuses, saying, "No, no, no, I... I'm not good enough."

　"I'm afraid there won't be another candidate for Patriarch in all of Russia who perfectly meets the requirements. There may be one in the future, but we really can't find one right now."

　Aurora said.

　Kiev was still evading the question: "Comrade Aurora, I understand what you mean. If I were a human being, I would gladly accept it. But the problem is that I am a warship. In modern times, no religion can possess any armed forces. This is a matter of principle."

　If I join, wouldn't that mean the church has military power? Therefore, my special nature as a warship makes me unsuitable for the position of Patriarch of the Church."

　Aurora had guessed what Kiev would say, and she continued to work on Kiev's thoughts, "The fact that you can proactively put forward such an opinion shows that you have a high enough level of ideological awareness, and I have no choice but to recommend you.